Asa Butterfield Will Reportedly Play The New Spider-Man

14 May 2015 2:54 PM, PDT | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »

Asa Butterfield has reportedly been chosen to play Spider-Man in the upcoming reboot. The actor was said to be the frontrunner not too long ago, after appearing on a shortlist, and according to El Mayimbe, he has now been officially chosen for the role.

Now, neither Marvel nor Sony have put out a press release confirming this just yet, but El Mayimbe is rarely, if ever, wrong, and considering that Butterfield was on the shortlist and said to be the frontrunner, there’s no real reason to doubt this report. However, until we get official confirmation, it’s not 100% set in stone.

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For those unfamiliar with the actor, he first really made a name for himself in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and has since gone on to prove himself to be one of Hollywood’s most promising young talents, appearing in films like Ender’s »

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